It's Been A While

I hope you are all doing better.

I have been away from the boards for a while now because I had nothing new to contribute that might help someone. At the moment, I am no longer seeing a nutritionist because he improved my condition only up to a point and couldn't go any further...it just didn't make sense giving him my money after a while. However, I did learn a lot and I still use anti-fungal supplements to help improve my UC symptoms...recently, I have found that by increasing my intake of Culturelle (probiotic) my symptoms had decreased even more. Instead of taking one or two a day, I take three in the morning on an empty stomach and two in the evening...I don't advise doing this because it may cause constipation, but it seems to work for me.

I still believe that candida overgrowth of the small intestine is the cause of most current symptoms of UC; the problem is there is no procedure today that effectively de-toxes the small intestines that will flush out all of embedded candida (yeast) in my body.

Anyway, the Culturelle seems to help me and maybe it will help you.

Feel better.

NBT

Hi,

Interesting that you mention Candida as I read an article about it tonight. It basically said that prednisone and antibiotics can result in our bodies producing too much Candida which is what causes U.C. The article was big on stressing how the foods we eat can make our condition much worse. I think that first and foremost U.C. is an autoimmune disease that is genetic, however, stress and diet are huge in terms of staying in remission once there. I hope you are doing well.